Names...

Here’s a very old joke adapted to suit the needs of my sight headed class mates…


SNC and James Bond were seated next to each other , Mr.Bond with a Martini (Shaken not stirred) in hand, without an inkling of what he’s getting himself into says,

Bond- Hello, I am Bond, James Bond...and you are...

SNC- Sastry

Chidambara Sastry

Sai Chidambara Sastry

Naga Sai Chidambara Sastry

Sarva Naga Sai Chidambara Sastry..

Bond-………………………………………………………………………………………………… (with Martini (shaken not stirred) in hand).

Yeah, weird haan, how the way you write your name changes with the place where you come from. It’s new day in a new semester..and during the roll call, the teachers inevitably stop at

G.Sneha Sindhu, What do we call you?

SNC Sastry (They just go blank!)

I am sure even half of the class does not know Zonun is not Zonun, but Thara..yeah, again..

We were told by a great man that surnames come after the first name, nope not in the place I come from. I can’t understand why teachers can’t get this idea into their heads, semesters come and semesters go…but this question still remains. Imagine all the names I knew back home written backwards, lol like Veera Venkata Surya Prakash

Or

Pingala Satyanarayana Murthy (wherein Murthy is his name)

Or

Potti Sriramulu (the names Ramulu...)

Most of the illustrious South Indians have their names after their surnames..like Gundappa Vishwanath, or N.T.Rama Rao..



So here’s a lil request to all the North Indians… Before you decide which part of a name is what..it makes sense to say out the whole name first, and then ask the person concerned how he or she wishes to be addressed!! Yeah it will be difficult, but how would you guys like it if people call you..lets say a Sharma or a Trivedi? And not…Anjali or Rahul…

Chew on this till my next post!